West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-08-18
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


Immense sashes are the rule with thin
dresses.
Turkish embroidery is very much the
fashion.
Red is prevailing color just now in all
shades and materials,
The polonaise has once more attained
high fashionable rank.
deliberately trimmed bathing dresses
are not as pretty as plain ones.
A single stud will probably be worn
In dress shirt fronts next winter.
The four-in-hand scarf continues to
hold its own against all rivals for favor.
The latest absurd eccentricity in neck
wear is n four-in-hand Of Russia leather
Moirc is considered the most effective
foundation for black or white lace COS
tunes.
Sashes are in high favor and can be
adjusted in whatever way the wearer
prefers.
The Governor of Missouri has appointed
number of women 20 be notaries
public.
The pea pattern or polka dot" is
again in vogue, and is seen upon various
materials.
A lady at Cape May wears $50, 900
worth of diamonds all at once The ex-
hibition is free
Tea gowns have become universal, and
are made in all fabrics from lawn and
bdtistc to satin and velvet.
The only female station agent on the
Grand Trunk line is Miss Lilly McFar-
lane, lady and hustler.
Mrs Rachel Lloyd makes 81. 500
year teaching chemistry to students of
the Nebraska State University.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett is now
on her third visit TO Europe. which she
left when fourteen years of age.
Sashcs of watered ribbon, twelve inches
in width, are frequently tied on the left
hip with two loops and very long ends
a Florida woman has made bedQuilt
containg III, 600 pieces each piece being
less than the size of mans thumb-nail.
There are more than 50, 600 widows in
the State of Massachusetts, of whom
about half are less than forty years of
age.
Velvet sashes are lined with silk, gath,
with beaded or silk tasscl matching the
lining.
Expert girls making the first quality of
mems linen collars can, in the troy fac
tories for instance, earn from $25 TO $35
per week.
What is known rs wool fouard is
new summer dress material 1t is fresh
and dainty, having neutral grounds
strewn with flowers
The fashion of matching the various
parts of the toilet seems to be on the in
crease. These costumes are very elegant,
but usually prove expensive.
The newest styles in hair dressing
show the hair brushed high and fastened
almost over the forehead, instead of in
the middle of the head as heretofore.
The simulated corselet, cut rather high
and completed by the picturesque Russian
guimpe, is much favored by stylish young
ladies as n bodice for midsummer toilets
Sir Salar lungs fiancee is girl only
eleven years old. She is finely educated,
and her mother is a distinguished leader
of the Woman's Emancipation move
mcnt.
Miss Caroline Kinscy is the Supern,
tendent of the Tazewell County Gl'inois)
Poor Farm, at salary of 50, 600 PEI
year. She succeeded her father to the
position.
Light weight jersey silk bcdices arc
worn with dressy skirts of other mate.
rial They have the elegant fit of the
regular silk web jerseys, but cost third
less in price.
Mrs. Parker, of Dundee, Scotland,
founder of the British Women's Temper
ance Association, is going to bring 900
Scotch women TO California to be domes-
tic servants.
Among the newest ornaments for tho
hair are large butterflies and dragon flies
made of feathers, and so true to nature
that their delicately pencied wings are
strcwn over with velvcty dust.
Mrs. Annie Cummings, of San Fran,
cisco, once the champion roller skater of
the country, now enjoys the distinction
of being the only female employee of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
The newest ribbons are double sided,
having a different color on each side and
returning the picot edge The color com.
binations are exquisite, and charming
bows and rosettes are made from them.
A bunch of jauntily.arranged cocks
feathers is favorite trimming for straw
hats. They are dyed in all colors. prin-
cipally pink, green and dark blue, but
the most beautiful are those in the natu-
raj dark green.
Natile, eX-Queen of Servia, is passion
ately fond Of flowers and children. She
Is said TO have rescued q little girl once
from the teeth Of mad dog. During
the Russo Bulgarian war she was to be
folnd day and night in the hospitals.
The Princess Louise is a woman of no
ordinary nerve and courage. She has
stcercd a canoe through some of the
toughest shadows Of the Restipouche
and Cascapedia, climbed pcrilous peaks
at dawn TO make sketches at sunrise. and
has frequently groomcd her own pony
upon returning from a ride or drive